“Immortalized” or “Immortalised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “immortalized” and 3 prefer “immortalised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	immortalized	immortalised	Preference
United States	97	3	“immortalized”
United Kingdom	36	64	“immortalised”
India	66	34	“immortalized”
Philippines	100	0	“immortalized”
Canada	100	0	“immortalized”
Australia	37	63	“immortalised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	49	51	“immortalised”
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“immortalized”

…got their names and neighborhoods immortalized on P.A.
…this gym, has since been immortalized for its dramatic description of…
…she played "the Angela role immortalized by Marilyn Monroe" in the…
…and painter Paul Sibra both immortalized the Lauragais in their respective
…of legato warm-up exercises (now immortalized by Donald Hunsberger in his…
Their on-screen chemistry was not immortalized, however, until Gilda, also directed…
…satire The Third Sex (1899) immortalized the association and its members…
…had a black lover and immortalized her in verse — to…
Immortalized (2013)
…wife Uta von Ballenstedt were immortalized by their famous donor portraits…

“immortalised”

…of Demarco's handprints has been immortalised on a flagstone in the…
It had become immortalised well before the guide stopped…
The area was immortalised as "Poppyland" in the writings…
…the trophy; the event was immortalised in the poem The Whistle.
…Army Corps at Gallipoli, subsequently immortalised as "ANZACs".
…estate, which has since been immortalised by Tennyson in the poem…
…Banninck Cocq and his militia, immortalised on the painting The Night…
…been widely reproduced and was "immortalised on countless tins of shortbread",…
…through 'character-building' competitive sports (as immortalised in the poem 'Vitai Lampada'),…
The river has been immortalised in cultural folklore through the…

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